Stacked LA's require a lot more power to do their "special" thing...

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In Reply to: Stacked Advents - Efficiency? Suitability w/SET posted by FlaCharlie on January 17, 2004 at 08:36:54:

Also, can't imagine that you are getting even 50% of the sound quality your SET amp is probably capable of in such a setup (I use 97 dB @ 1 watt/meter/16 ohm speakers with 2A3 mono blocks and consider them to be borderline).
DH/SET amp speaker rec's are not based upon volume level, but of sound quality. There are a few exceptions to these guidelines, but LA's are not one of them.
The minimum power I ever enjoyed with stacked/matched LA's was 30 tube watts/channel (Mac 30's/single Stereo 70) in a medium sized room. However, Stereo 70 mono blocks (figure approx. 60 watts/channel) and/or a Phase linear 400 souded a hell of a lot better @ all volume levels. The additional power/current is what gave the stacked LA's their legendary sound quality.
Never tried stacking unlike Advents.

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Topic - Stacked Advents - Efficiency? Suitability w/SET - FlaCharlie 08:36:54 01/17/04 (4)

Stacked LA's require a lot more power to do their "special" thing... - DeKay 01/17/0422:07:11 01/17/04 (0)

Re: Without going into a lot of stuff... - Russ57 15:48:23 01/17/04 (0)

Re: Stacked Advents - Efficiency? Suitability w/SET - Bold Eagle 13:53:44 01/17/04 (0)

Efficiency vs sensitivity - 4season 09:43:24 01/17/04 (0)

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Stacked LA's require a lot more power to do their "special" thing... - DeKay 01/17/0422:07:11 01/17/04 (0)

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